In 2025, we celebrate 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen, one of England’s most enduring literary voices. Her novels were filled with wit, romance, and insight into the delicate dance of Regency society and continue to enchant readers around the world. And while Austen’s own life was rooted in Hampshire and Bath, the spirit of her world lives strikingly on, in the Cotswolds. Timeless landscapes, grand manor houses, and picture-perfect villages were the settings for her novels, drawing inspiration directly from some of our very own locations.
Come with us, into Jane’s world…
Rosehill Travel warmly invites you to experience our connection with Austen first-hand with a bespoke journey through the Cotswolds and Wiltshire, exploring the places that both inspired her writing and brought her stories to life on screen.
Jane Austen’s England in the heart of the Cotswolds
The honeyed stone villages and rolling hills of the Cotswolds perfectly capture the genteel world Austen often described in her novels. It is one of elegance, conversation, and quiet romance. Towns such as Chipping Campden and Stow-on-the-Wold evoke the lively communities of Sense and Sensibility, while the region’s stately homes echo the grandeur of Pride and Prejudice’s Pemberley. In fact, the picturesque village of Lower Slaughter was the stand-in for Highbury in the 2020 adaptation of Emma.
The village of Lacock in Wiltshire, part of the greater Cotswolds region, has become one of the most recognisable Austen filming locations. Its unspoilt Georgian streets have provided the backdrop for numerous adaptations, including the BBC’s beloved Pride and Prejudice (1995). Nearby Luckington, another charming village, was used in the same series to depict Longbourn, the Bennet family home where visitors are welcome to quite literally walk in Elizabeth Bennet’s footsteps.
In Stanway, the magnificent Stanway House with its sweeping gardens and elegant interiors, featured prominently in the 2020 film adaptation of Emma, bringing Austen’s world of refined country living to cinematic life.
And then there’s Adlestrop…
Few places capture Austen’s quieter discerning nature better than the village of Adlestrop, a peaceful haven tucked among the Cotswold hills. Jane Austen visited relatives here in the early 1800s, and it’s believed that Adlestrop Park, the local manor house, may have inspired the setting of Mansfield Park. Today, the village remains beautifully preserved as a place of stillness and literary charm, where travelers can reflect on the landscapes that once stirred Austen’s imagination.
A bespoke literary experience
To celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary, Rosehill Travel offers luxury bespoke holidays and private tours tracing her legacy across the Cotswolds and beyond. From guided visits to filming locations and heritage estates to afternoon tea in elegant country houses, each itinerary is tailored with care and an eye for the timeless beauty that defined Austen’s world. Step into the pages of her novels, through Lacock’s cobbled lanes, the sweeping lawns of Stanway House, and the poetic calm of Adlestrop, and rediscover the England that Jane Austen so lovingly captured.
